Note that I said REinstall. It was already installed, but it also had Rroyo's kick-arse AWIP on it, and there was no way I was getting rid of the. Cue much backing up...

On the subject of this demo, I get everything that's in the ReadMe, gameplay-wise, but I start in Shrouded Hills and the plot goes the same as an unpatched game. I definately followed the ReadMe, too. Erm, wtf?

It's the patch file that alters the starting location. Are you sure you put Arcanum.PATCH10 in your modules folder?

In any case, if the problem persists then don't bother, I'm making some changes to the direction of the mod and my next downloads will be a lot more clear and will come with an installer.

What do you guys think of this portrait:

He's too old to use for humans, since the starting age is 20. But he doesn't quite fit any other race. Or does he?

The quality of the picture is not too good either. Should I just discard it?

Also, here's a new portrait that I'm going to add for half elf males:

I've also been wondering whether or not I should edit the new portraits' backgrounds to make them light blue like the original Arcanum portraits. It might hurt the quality of the portrait, or clip off parts of the face, which I don't wanna do.

Edit: I'm also considering pulling Churchill's portrait out of the mod, since it breaks immersion to have a famous person as a selectable portrait.

He's too old to use for humans, since the starting age is 20. But he doesn't quite fit any other race. Or does he?

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I wouldn't be too hasty with throwing the old man out. A character in Arcanum always starts with the age which is just after the thresholdof gaining maturity in every race. Now let's look at a few examples:

Do any of the portraits look like a fresh adult? Definitely no. Do they fit Arcanum? Hell yes. I'd say that the beginning age can be ignored in quite a lot of cases. It should be made Fallout style.

Cloaked Figure said:

I've also been wondering whether or not I should edit the new portraits' backgrounds to make them light blue like the original Arcanum portraits. It might hurt the quality of the portrait, or clip off parts of the face, which I don't wanna do.

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Look through all of the Arcanum portraits. Not all of them all blue. Some are white, some are yellow, some are green. The rule seems to be the background being light and homogeneous (maybe also it being a cold color, but that depends on interpretation). As long as these requirements are met, everything fits the scheme.

Cloaked Figure said:

Edit: I'm also considering pulling Churchill's portrait out of the mod, since it breaks immersion to have a famous person as a selectable portrait.

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The man here is Ambrose Burnside, a XIXth century American general (or at least a less bold version of him), while the woman is a member of the Troika staff. Does knowing this make the experience of having a character with their face in any way disturbed? I think not. In some cases it can even add some flavour.